Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1784 |
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Pàgina xi
... last . After ha- ving kiffed the royal hand , Charles looking on him with complacency , said , “ Though you are the last , " yet you are not the worst , nor the LIFE OF WALLER . Some verses of an imperfect copy, defigned a friend, on ...
... last . After ha- ving kiffed the royal hand , Charles looking on him with complacency , said , “ Though you are the last , " yet you are not the worst , nor the LIFE OF WALLER . Some verses of an imperfect copy, defigned a friend, on ...
Pàgina xxv
... last message from the King , one Haf- " ' fel , a meffenger of the King's who paffed often be " tween London and Oxford , and fometimes carried " letters and meffages to the Lord Falkland , and " fome citizens whofe names were in the ...
... last message from the King , one Haf- " ' fel , a meffenger of the King's who paffed often be " tween London and Oxford , and fometimes carried " letters and meffages to the Lord Falkland , and " fome citizens whofe names were in the ...
Pàgina xxxii
... last . James II . notwithstanding the bigotry and gloominess of his mind , affected to be an admirer of Waller , and having one day ordered the Earl of Sunderland to bring Waller to him in the af- ternoon , when he came the King carried ...
... last . James II . notwithstanding the bigotry and gloominess of his mind , affected to be an admirer of Waller , and having one day ordered the Earl of Sunderland to bring Waller to him in the af- ternoon , when he came the King carried ...
Pàgina xxxiii
... last scene of life with propriety and fortitude . He died on the 21st of Oc- tober 1687 , and was interred in the churchyard of Beaconsfield . He left feveral children , and bequeathed his eftate to his fecond fon Edmund , his eldeft ...
... last scene of life with propriety and fortitude . He died on the 21st of Oc- tober 1687 , and was interred in the churchyard of Beaconsfield . He left feveral children , and bequeathed his eftate to his fecond fon Edmund , his eldeft ...
Pàgina xxxvii
... last too ; for I queftion whether in Charles I.'s reign " English did not come to its full perfection , and " whether it has not had its Auguftan age as well as " the Latin . It seems to be already mixed with the foreign languages as ...
... last too ; for I queftion whether in Charles I.'s reign " English did not come to its full perfection , and " whether it has not had its Auguftan age as well as " the Latin . It seems to be already mixed with the foreign languages as ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
againſt beauty beſt blood boaſt bold brave breaſt bright cauſe cife court defign defire Earl EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fays feems feen fenfe fhall fhining fhips fide fight fince fing firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſes iſland itſelf Jove King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy meaſure mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt noble numbers nymph o'er occafion paffion peace perfon Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent Prince Queen rage raiſe reaſon reft rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe verfe verſes vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 99 - A narrow compafs! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the reft the fun goes round. XXX. THE FALL.
Pàgina 35 - virtues which in parents fhine 15 Make not like progrefs thro' the line. *Tis not from whom, but where we live: The place does oft' thofe graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd had led.
Pàgina xliii - old coins, one muft go to an antiquary to underftand their true meaning and value. Such advances may a great genius make when it undertakes any thing in earneft. Some painters will hit the chief lines and mafterftrokes of a face fo truly, that thro' all the differences of age the
Pàgina xliii - out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the Englifh poet, and overflows whatever
Pàgina 41 - And, without planting, drink of ev'ry vine. To dig for wealth we weary not our limbs; Gold, tho' the heavieft metal, hither fwims. Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow ; We plough the deep, and reap what others
Pàgina 45 - Brutus thought to break their yoke, But cut the bond of union with that ftroke. That fun once fet, a thoufand meaner ftars Gave a dim light to violence and wars; To fuch a tempeft as now threatens all,
Pàgina 133 - there as much as ever diftempered with the fame fatal affection for play, which engaged him in one adventure that well deferves to be related. As he returned to his lodgings from a gaming-table he was attacked in the dark by three ruffians, who were employed to
Pàgina xxxiii - and in jeft, and therefore very grateful to all kind " of company, where he was not the lefs efteemed *' for being very rich. He had been even nurfed in *' parliaments, where he fat when he was very young,
Pàgina 85 - Ah, cruel Nymph! from whom her humble fwain Flies for relief unto the raging main, And from the winds and tempefts does expect A milder fate than from her cold neglect! Yet there he '11 pray that the unkind may prove